The Battling Angel
The Battling Angel
2003, Japanese. Directed by Ryo Nishimura.
Police struggle to uncover Klein, a powerful criminal organization. Asuka, a young detective, is assigned to contact and escort Hatsumi, a mistress of the drug lord Kimikuni, but they are ambushed, leaving Hatsumi brain-dead and Asuka near to death. However, the police concoct a top-secret plan to infiltrate Klein by transplanting Asuka's brain into Hatsumi's body.
- Runtime
- 1h 59m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
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- Released
- 23 August 2003
- Original title
- 天使の牙B.T.A.
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Toshio Terada, Masayuki Ochiai
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The Battling Angel runs 119 minutes (1h 59m).
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The Battling Angel isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 23 August 2003. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Battling Angel?
The Battling Angel (2003) was directed by Ryo Nishimura and stars Takao Osawa, Mayumi Sada, Tomoka Kurotani.